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California plans to turn off energy inefficient TVs - 0 views

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shared by Colin Bennett on 08 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Colin Bennett on 08 Jan 09
     
    The California Energy Commission, the state's energy policy and planning agency, is planning to curb the sale of energy inefficient flat screen TVs.
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Taxa sobre Lâmpadas de Baixa Eficiência Energética - 0 views

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shared by Glycon Garcia on 08 Jul 08 - Cached
  • Para compensar os custos ambientais decorrentes da utilização de lâmpadas de baixa eficiência energética, o Governo introduziu uma taxa através do Decreto-Lei n.º 108/2007, de 12 de Abril (abre uma nova janela).
  • Glycon Garcia on 08 Jul 08
     
    Brazilian Government introduces new taxes for inefficient lamps.
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IBM: Firms want to be responsible, but lack proper data - 0 views

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shared by Colin Bennett on 01 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Colin Bennett on 01 Jun 09
     
    The IBM survey found that only 30 per cent of respondents' firms are collecting data frequently enough to make strategic decisions that address inefficiencies across eight major categories: carbon dioxide, water, waste, energy, sustainable procurement, labor standards, product composition and product lifecycle. Twenty-four percent collect this information monthly, while another 32 per cent do so no more than quarterly.
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US must act now on inefficient buildings, says report - 0 views

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shared by Colin Bennett on 26 May 09 - Cached
  • Colin Bennett on 26 May 09
     
    The US is wasting much of the 40% of energy consumed by buildings through poor insulation, leaky windows, inefficient lighting, heating or cooling systems, and poor construction techniques, says a report from Environment America.
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Metrics - Wasted Energy - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Jeff Johnson on 27 Aug 08 - Cached
  • Jeff Johnson on 27 Aug 08
     
    It's gone before you even knew it was there: As energy is unlocked from fuels at power plants, two-thirds of the energy consumed to create electricity is lost. The laws of thermodynamics dictate that conversion efficiency will never be 100 percent, because heat is lost at every step of the conversion process. But new technologies may be able to greatly increase conversion efficiency, moving from an overall rate of 36 percent to closer to 50 percent. At present, coal - in all its carbon-belching inefficiency - is king because it's cheap. Still, the use of natural gas to create electricity has been rising rapidly, in part because of more-efficient gas turbines. Natural gas prices have been climbing, however, and coal prices could rise as well.
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Cooking - gas or electric - 0 views

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shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 18 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Hans De Keulenaer on 18 Aug 09
     
    Among the major culprits here are inefficient appliances. According to the United States Department of Energy, a gas burner delivers only 35 to 40 percent of its heat energy to the pan; a standard electrical element conveys about 70 percent. Anyone thinking about kitchen renovation should know that induction cooktops, which generate heat directly within the pan itself, are around 90 percent efficient.
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US Housing and the Passive Home Standard - 0 views

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shared by Colin Bennett on 12 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Colin Bennett on 12 Jan 09
     
    We can significantly reduce our energy demand per housing unit by raising the energy standards, by building more apartment buildings and by phasing out old inefficient units. An Energy Star certified home would reduce energy consumption by 15% over a conventional home.
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MIT Researchers Make Major Solar Power Breakthrough -- Solar Energy -- InformationWeek - 0 views

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shared by Energy Net on 05 Aug 08 - Cached
  • Energy Net on 05 Aug 08
     
    Storing solar energy in batteries remains costly and inefficient. But that may not be true for much longer. MIT researchers have discovered a way to store solar energy that could make solar power in homes a mainstream energy option and might even make power companies obsolete, at least for residential needs.
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12 Year Old Boy Invents New Type of Solar Cell : CleanTechnica - 0 views

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  • Colin Bennett on 18 Sep 08
     
    Now here's a story that makes me feel profoundly unaccomplished: a 12 year old boy in Beaverton, Oregon recently developed a new type of 3D solar cell that makes other solar cells look inefficient by comparison.
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Electric Bus Charges Wirelessly?! | EcoGeek - 0 views

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shared by Colin Bennett on 11 Mar 08 - Cached
  • oyota's heavy duty division, Hino, is testing a new kind of plug-in hybrd...one without a plug. The batteries on the hybrid assist and even sometimes take over for the diesel engine. But the energy in the batteries doesn't come from a plug, it comes from a wireless charging system built into the road.
  • Colin Bennett on 11 Mar 08
     
    Hino, Toyota's truck division, is experimenting with wireless charging. In spite of inefficiences that may exist, Hino should be applauded for pushing the envelope. However, unfortunately for the future, it seems logical that only larger sponsors such as Toyota can afford this type of approach.
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ScienceDaily: Best Energy Strategy: Small, Green And Local, Experts Say - 0 views

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shared by Sergio Ferreira on 21 Sep 07 - Cached
  • The electricity sector as it currently operates is at the mercy of natural disasters, price fluctuations, terrorist attacks and blackouts. Coupled with other, more long-standing problems such as increasing levels of pollution, growing vulnerability and inefficiency of transmission and distribution networks, and rising electricity prices related to disruptions and interruptions in fuel supply, these challenges add to the need for an evaluation of alternative energy technologies.
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UK retailers to take inefficient TVs off the shelves - 0 views

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shared by Colin Bennett on 29 Mar 10 - Cached
  • /* */ display_advert(in_article_array, 'in_article_10','','','','',''); Eight of the UK’s leading retailers have agreed to take the least energy efficient TVs off the shelves as part of a new voluntary scheme.The scheme, which has been launched by the Energy Saving Trust and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), is encouraging retailers to meet new EU minimum efficiency standards for appliances ahead of schedule.Best Buy UK, Comet, Co-operative Electrical, Currys and PC World (DSGi), John Lewis, Argos (Home Retail Group), Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury’s have all signed up to scheme.
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EU calls time on inefficient circulators | Energy Efficiency News - 0 views

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shared by Colin Bennett on 01 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Colin Bennett on 01 Apr 09
     
    The latest device to be the subject of the European Union's Eco-design regulations are circulators -small pumps that are mainly used to circulate water in heating systems.
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Fossil-Fuel Subsidies | Global Subsidies Initiative - 2 views

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shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 23 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Most governments provide some kind of financial assistance to boost energy supply or reduce prices for certain energy consumers. Fossil fuels have been widely subsidized for decades. The exact scale of these subsidies is not known because a comprehensive study has never been undertaken. What is clear is that fossil-fuel subsidies can drain government budgets and increase greenhouse gas emissions. In recognition of these unwanted impacts, the leaders of the Group of Twenty (G-20) countries agreed in September 2009 to phase-out inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies in the medium term. The Global Subsidies Initiative is well aware of the complex issues surrounding fossil-fuel subsidies and their reform. That is why last year, in anticipation of the current calls for such reform, it commenced an ambitious program to identify, measure, and analyze the effects of fossil-fuel subsidies. Key findings from the first five in-depth reports, which together make up the series Untold Billions: Fossil-fuel subsidies, their impacts and the path to reform, are summarized above. Below, each of the individual reports can be freely downloaded. Support for one of the papers, Gaining traction: the importance of transparency in accelerating the reform of fossil-fuel subsidies, was generously provided by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
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